Improvement in bank-notes



J. M. BATCHELDER.

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Patented Feb. 3, 1863.

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UNITED STATES JOHN M. BATGHELDER, OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BAN K-NOTES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 37,56}, dated February3, 1863.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN M. BA'IGHELDER, of Cambridge, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement inBank-Notes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full andexact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanyingdrawings, and to the letters and figures marked thereon.

The object of my improvement is to prevent the alteration of bank-notes,the arrangement of the figures and lines being such that any change inthe figure indicating the denomination or value of the bill can beinstantly and certainly detected. My system of protection may be usedeither upon the back or the face of the bill, as may be deemeddesirable, and I would here remark that I do not claim any particulardesign, in the ordinary acceptation of the term, as the configuration ofthe various lines, rays, figures, and symbols may be varied at thepleasure of the artist, while the main feature of the system isretained.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I represents a one-dollar bill. Atthe center of the bill, and extending across the breadth of the samefrom A to B, is a vertical column of figures consisting of the ordinarydenominationsviz., 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100. These figures are ofsmall size, and are applied (either with or without a border) to billsof all denominations or values. In order to show the true value or thebill, series of lines, either plain, waved, or curved, radiate from thefigure l in various directions across the face of the bill, and in suchnumbers and positions as will direct the attention at once to the figurein the column representing the actual value of the bill. In most casesit is desirable that the radial lines should embrace thelargedenominational figures O G, as shown at D E and D E.

In Figs. II and IV bills of other denominations are representedviz., atwo and ten dollar bill-in which the indicating rays or lines convergerespectively to the figures 2 and 10 of the fixed scale or column offigures. Suppose that a five-dollar bill has been altered to fiftydollars, as represented in Fig. III. A single glance shows that it wasoriginallyafivedollar bill, as the lines converge to the figure 5 of thefixed scale, and do not lead to the figure 50, which is three spacesbelow. The indicatinglines occupy a large part of the surface of thebill, and their position cannot easily be changed. Inks of any desiredcolor may be used; but I prefer that the figure or figures representingthe value of the bill should be of the same color as the scale-figure towhich the radial lines converge, as represented in the drawings at Fig.II. The indelible chromegreen or other indestructible ink may be printedover or among the converging lines or rays, thus increasing thedifficulty of making alterations in the denomination of the bill, asrepresented at Fig. IV.

Any other devices may be used which embrace the main features of myinvention, as herein described, and I claim the same whether used as awater-mark in the paper or as lines upon the surface of the paper, andupon either the face or the back of the bill, note, or draft, and in allcolors or combinations of colors.

In order to leave more room for other inscriptions or devices, thecolumn offigures may be reduced in length, as in Fig. III, and the raysor lines may terminate in a border or suitable boundary line.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The fixed scale or column of figures, as 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, occupyingthe whole breadth of the bill, or extending from side to side of aborder or inclosed space, in combination with a series of lines, marks,or rays radiating from that figure of the scale that represents thedenomination or value of the bill.

2. The combination of a single colored figure of the scale with thedenomination figure of the bill made of the same color, substantially asherein described.

JOHN M. BATOHELDER.

Witnesses SAML. BATCHELDER, J r., CHARLES C. SNOW.

